Huda Zoghbi to give biochemistry’s 2019 Steenbock Lectures in early March

February 18, 2019 |

Huda Zoghbi of the Baylor College of Medicine will give the 2019 UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry Steenbock Lectures in early March. All members of the campus community are invited to attend these lectures and learn from this pioneer in understanding the molecular basis of human neurological disorders.

Zoghbi is best known for discovering the molecular basis of two neurological disorders — Rett syndrome and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). She was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2016 for these seminal contributions. More broadly, her investigations explore how key regulators impact neuronal development, neuronal physiology, the brain, and human disease.

The talks are part of the Biochemistry Colloquium’s Steenbock Lectures, funded by the Harry Steenbock Lectureship in Biochemistry and Life Sciences. Steenbock was a highly regarded UW–Madison biochemistry professor who discovered the irradiation process for producing vitamin D.